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The Site Isolation feature that protects Google’s Chrome browser against Spectre CPU attacks is live for 99 percent of users, but it drives up RAM usage significantly. Source: Chrome gobbles much more RAM due to Google’s ‘Site Isolation’ protection for Spectre CPU flaws

Source: Major League Baseball is going crypto

A few folks have reported a new ransomware technique that preys upon corporate inability to keep passwords safe. The notes – which are usually aimed at instilling fear – are simple: the hacker says “I know that your password is X. Give me a bitcoin and I won’t blackmail you.… Source: Ransomware technique uses your real passwords to trick you

Two security researchers have revealed details about two new Spectre-class vulnerabilities, which they’ve named Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2. Source: New Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2 CPU Flaws Disclosed

You never quite know what you’ll find on the dark web. In June, a threat intelligence team known as Insikt Group at security research firm Recorded Future discovered the sale of sensitive U.S. military information in the course of monitoring criminal activity on dark web marketplaces. Insikt … Source: US Air Force drone documents found for sale on the dark web for $200